JAKARTA, Jul 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia’s eastern Maluku province this morning, without triggering giant waves, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The tremors occurred at 03:32 a.m. Jakarta time today (2032 GMT Thursday), with the epicentre being situated at 121 km of Maluku Barat Daya regency, at a depth of 170 km beneath the seabed, the agency said.
The agency did not issue a tsunami warning as the tremors were not expected to generate giant waves.
Indonesia, an archipelagic country, lies in a vulnerable quake-hit zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire,” making the country prone to earthquakes.– NNN-ANTARA
